2008

December 17, 2008 Construction Set to Begin for Expanded Residential/Retail Complex at 40th and ChestnutRead more | Close

PHILADELPHIA — The Hub, an eight-story, mixed-use apartment building that opened in December 2006 at 40th and Chestnut streets near the University of Pennsylvania campus, is expanding its footprint with the imminent construction of Hub 3939, next door at 3939 Chestnut St.

The 57,900-square-foot Hub 3939 will feature 60 apartments atop 12,200 square feet of retail space on the first floor. Philadelphia-based Teres Holdings is expected to begin construction in early 2009 on the $19.5 million project and finish by year’s end. The developers are operating under a ground lease from Penn and will construct and manage the building.

“These mixed-use properties offer safe and attractive new rental units close to campus for our students, while providing new street-level shops and amenities for the whole community,” Anne Papageorge, Penn vice president of facilities and real estate services, said. “And leasing our land to private developers generates private investment in University City and continues to be a successful model of urban redevelopment.”

April 11, 2008University of Pennsylvania Selects Patkau Architects to Design New Student Residence on Hill SquareRead more | Close | Download pdf

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has selected Patkau Architects of Canada as the designer for the new College House at Hill Square, the first new residential hall to be constructed at Penn in more than three decades. This project will bring together students, faculty and staff in a diverse community built on common intellectual interests.

The working version of the college house plan calls for low-rise buildings that partially enclose a Quad-like square and will feature approximately 340 units in a variety of room configurations. The existing green space on Hill Square will be redesigned to accommodate the building while still serving as a locus for gathering and recreation surrounding a diagonal sculptural walkway that celebrates 125 Years of Women at Penn. In line with Penn's goals for environmental sustainability, the project aims to secure a rating of LEED Gold or higher on the scale developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Penn president Amy Gutmann said that additional on-campus housing is a priority of the University's 30-year master plan, Penn Connects -- A Vision for the Future.

"Our new Hill Square College House will not only help to meet the great demand for more on-campus living choices," Dr. Gutmann said, "but, with a design that will fulfill our College House vision of a 24/7 learning community, the building also will enrich Penn's undergraduate experience while bringing a vibrant, neighborhood feel to the vicinity around Hill Square."

The College House at Hill Square will join Penn's existing network of college houses: 11 unique undergraduate residences, which form the hub of intellectual, social and recreational life for Penn students.

Patkau Architects is an internationally recognized and award-winning architectural design studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia. In more than 25 years of practice, both in Canada and in the United States, the firm has designed a wide variety of building types for a diverse range of clients, including gallery installations to master planning, private houses to major urban libraries, sustainable building and emerging educational technologies.

Patkau Architects will be working in coordination with Philadelphia architecture firm Atkin Olshin Schade Architects, who have worked with Penn on projects as diverse as the Jaffe History of Art Building and the Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander School.

Additional information about Penn Connects and the new College House at Hill Square is available at www.pennconnects.upenn.edu.

February 28, 2008University of Pennsylvania Selects Dagit Saylor Architects to Renovate the Arts, Culture and Research HubRead more | Close | Download pdf

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has selected Dagit*Saylor, a Philadelphia architecture firm, to prepare a feasibility study and schematic drawings for the Arts, Culture and Research Hub, or the ARCH, at the intersection of 36th Street and Locust Walk.

The ARCH was built in the late-Gothic revival style in the late 1920s by three Penn alumni architects and has been adapted to include administrative offices and student facilities. It provides office and meeting spaces for the Black Cultural Center, known as MAKUU; the Pan Asian American Community House; and La Casa Latina and hosts a satellite office for Penn's Greenfield Intercultural Center. In addition, it houses the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, the Benjamin Franklin Scholars and University Scholars.

"The ARCH is a wonderful gathering place, populated by students engaged in exploring arts, culture and research " Ron Daniels, Penn provost, said. "By renewing the ARCH, we are encouraging these students to more fully pursue the co-curricular activities that shape so much of their Penn experience."

Dagit*Saylor Architects collaborated previously with Penn on the restoration of Fisher-Bennett Hall and Penn Museum.

Penn Connects, the University's 30-year campus plan, which includes the ARCH restoration, encompasses academic, research, residential and other types of projects. Additional information is available at www.pennconnects.upenn.edu.

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has selected the architectural design firm Weiss/Manfredi along with M+W Zander, an engineering and construction firm that specializes in projects with a scientific focus, to design the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology.

This 100,000-square-foot facility will house research that focuses on the molecular level in the areas of engineering, medicine and the health sciences. It is made possible, in part, through a $20 million gift from Krishna Singh, a Penn alumnus who is the founder, president and chief executive officer of the energy-technology company Holtec International in Marlton, N.J.

"We're looking for design that is forward-looking and built with sustainable principles, but, more important, one that clearly articulates its purpose while meeting its programmatic needs," Eduardo Glandt, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, said.
"The Singh Center will serve not only Penn but the entire Philadelphia region as a crossroads of multi-disciplinary fundamental and translational research, education and innovation."

This new building, to be constructed along the 3200 block of Walnut Street on the site of a parking lot, is another project of Penn Connects -- A Vision For the Future, the University's 30-year master plan published in 2006.

Additional information about Penn Connects and the Singh Center is available at www.pennconnects.upenn.edu.

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has selected Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates as the designer for Penn Park, a 24-acre space for athletics, recreation and open space.

Penn Park is the centerpiece of Penn Connects -- A Vision For the Future, the University's 30-year master plan published in 2006. With an emphasis on strengthening physical connections to Center City Philadelphia, Penn Park replaces 14 acres of parking lots formerly owned by the U.S. Postal Service. Penn Park will enhance existing athletics facilities substantially by adding soccer and softball fields and tennis courts, as well as additional open space and parks.

The plan also includes reconfiguring 10 acres of athletic facilities to the south of Penn Park to complete a 24-acre green swath from Walnut to South streets. Completion is expected in late 2010.

"Penn Park will become a gathering place for students, athletes and community members in an environmentally sustainable and vibrant atmosphere," Amy Gutmann, Penn president, said. "It is the symbolic heart of the Penn Connects plan, and its network of green spaces, pocket parks and recreation and athletics facilities will benefit both the campus and the city."

Michael Van Valkenberg Associates is an award-winning landscape design firm with experience in higher education and athletic and recreational spaces. The firm partnered with Penn on the Module VII Chiller Plant, which won the American Institute of Architects Honor Award in 2001.

Additional information about Penn Connects and Penn Park is available at www.pennconnects.upenn.edu.

February 7, 2008University of Pennsylvania Selects Crawford Architects for Franklin Field Pavilion ProjectRead more | Close | Download pdf

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has selected Crawford Architects to design a new athletic performance center in Penn's Franklin Field, the oldest NCAA stadium still used for football.

The center will feature an intercollegiate strength and conditioning center for the University's 33 men's and women's athletic teams and a fitness center to complement Penn's Pottruck Health and Fitness Center.

The design strategy proposes infilling the northern facade and concourse of Franklin Field, with a two-story, 22,500-square-foot facility that can accommodate an expanded recreation and intercollegiate athletic program.

Plans also include a new retail space suite. Outside the pavilion, a new landscape design strategy will improve the physical connections from the stadium westward to the core of campus and eastward to the newly acquired postal lands and the soon-to-be-designed 14-acre Penn Park, the focus of Penn Connects, Penn's 30-year campus development and expansion plan.

"This new space will allow for the expansion of the intercollegiate athletic weight-training program with new facilities that support our student-athletes, as well as a new retail use and landscape improvements that support Penn's campus plan," Penn Athletic Director Steve Bilsky said.

The Franklin Field Pavilion is slated for completion in late 2009 and is one of several new projects being constructed, or renovated, under Penn Connects. Additional information is available at www.pennconnects.upenn.edu.

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania has selected SmithGroup to design a new science facility that will integrate psychology, biology and behavioral sciences under one roof for teaching and research.

The Neural and Behavioral Sciences building will be linked to the recently completed Carolyn Lynch Laboratory, completing Penn's Life Sciences precinct along University Avenue.
When completed, the NBS building will be strategically located among the group of research buildings that includes the Louis Kahn-designed Goddard Laboratory, the historic Leidy Laboratory and Kaskey Park.
In addition to housing both research laboratories and teaching facilities, the NBS Building will house interdisciplinary programs and student gathering spaces.

"The study of complex behaviors will be a fundamental focus of life sciences in the 21st century," Rebecca Bushnell, dean of Penn's School of Arts and Sciences, said, "and this building will ensure that Penn remains at the forefront of an area that has traditionally been one of its great strengths."

SmithGroup's project responsibilities include lab planning, architecture, historic preservation and engineering services and will be a collaboration of professionals from the firm's Detroit and Washington, D.C., offices.
The design team consists of experts in sustainable design, higher education, laboratory design, historic preservation and research design.

Once completed, the NBS building will present a new public façade to University Avenue, a vehicular thoroughfare between campus and the residential community to the west.

"This project will create a new gateway to the campus, and will stand as an important symbol of Penn's commitment to teaching and research in the sciences," Bushnell said.
"The complex will enhance existing interactions and facilitate new ones to promote the integrated study of genes, the brain and behavior."

The Neural and Behavioral Sciences building is one of several new projects being constructed or renovated under Penn Connects, the University's 30-year campus development plan. Additional information is available at www.pennconnects.upenn.edu.

2007

June 29, 2007University of Pennsylvania to Build 10-Story Tower Designed to Facilitate Translational ResearchRead more | Close | Download pdf

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania will construct a $370 million, state-of-the-art
biomedical research facility as part of an ongoing commitment to strengthen its international
leadership in biomedical discovery.

Designed by architect Rafael Vinoly of Rafael Vinoly Architects PC, the building will be physically
integrated with the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine and the Roberts Proton Therapy
Center now under construction on the former Civic Center site.

The focus of the research building will be to house research initiatives that integrate the range of
biomedical disciplines required to achieve advances in the understanding of disease and the
development of new therapies.

“This magnificent new building will accelerate Penn Medicine’s innovative research enterprise,”
Penn President Amy Gutmann said. “By design, the new building will bring together the rich and
complex biomedical disciplines required to achieve progress in the conquest of disease.”

In addition to providing space for interdisciplinary research, the building’s close physical proximity
to Penn Medicine’s patient-care facilities in the new Perelman Center is intended to facilitate
communication and the exchange of ideas among clinicians and researchers on new discoveries,
techniques and technologies. In addition to biomedical laboratories, the building will include
clinical/patient-oriented research facilities.

“This new facility will be the latest addition in further establishing Penn Medicine as one of the
finest research institutions in the world,” David L. Cohen, chairman of the board of Penn
Medicine, said. “The building will enable us to capitalize on our established strengths in multiple
disciplines and sharpen our focus on transforming new knowledge into clinical advances for the
good of patients everywhere.”

The biomedical research facility is scheduled to open in the summer of 2010. By locating it with
both the Raymond and Ruth Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, scheduled to open in
2008, and the Roberts Proton Therapy Center, set to open in 2009, the resulting complex of
buildings will make Penn Medicine one of the most vital biomedical research environments in the
world.

“This building represents an exciting new highpoint in our tradition of collaborative medical
inquiry,” Arthur H. Rubenstein, executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the
health system and dean of the School of Medicine, said. “Through its shared common spaces
and support functions, as well as a rich matrix of working alliances for research and therapeutic
progress, it will unquestionably play a central role in Penn Medicine’s ongoing contribution to the
improved health of humankind.”

May 25, 2007Construction Begins on 14-story, 150-unit Apartment Community on 3900 Block of Walnut StreetRead more | Close | Download pdf

PHILADELPHIA — In conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania, University Partners, a
developer of student housing, has begun construction on The Radian in the 3900 block of Walnut
Street.

Scheduled to open in August 2008, the $50 million-plus building will feature a 14-story, 150-plus
unit apartment community as well as more than 40,000 square feet of street- and mezzaninelevel
retail. Its construction will include environmentally friendly energy features.

The Radian's name is based on its angular-design feature created by Philadelphia-based Erdy
McHenry Architecture LLC. The building’s “green” features will include a storm water drainage
system recognized by the Philadelphia Water Department for innovative design and energyefficient
roof construction.

“The renaissance of University City continues with The Radian, which will create a student
apartment amenity at the intersection of campus and 40th Street, bringing enhanced vibrancy to
both,” said Penn Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli. “This project is indicative of Penn’s
commitment to engage locally in building communities and investing in job creation and economic
development. We are pleased to be partnering with University Partners to bring new housing and
retail, as well as a first class design, to Penn.”

“Through our collaborative partnership with Penn, we hope to provide students with a unique
opportunity to live, study, work and play in a state-of-the-art community that will meet their every
need,” said Mark Riley, managing director-investments for University Partners. “We believe that
The Radian will set a new standard for future student housing developments by University
Partners.”

PHILADELPHIA — Pledging to significantly reduce emissions that contribute to global warming,
Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, announced today her signing of the
American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment.

“This is a defining issue of the 21st century, and I am proud to sign on and promote higher
education as a leader in addressing global climate change through research, education and
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,” Gutmann said. “At Penn, we must recognize the impact
of a research institution of our size and acknowledge that our management of utilities, our
construction, transit services and our recycling extends beyond our campus and has global
consequences.”

With Gutmann’s signature, Penn is committing to development of a comprehensive sustainability
plan by 2009. This includes completing a comprehensive inventory of all its greenhouse gas
emissions; purchasing at least 15 percent of its electricity from renewable sources; adopting an
energy efficient appliance purchasing program; committing to a policy that new construction be
built to the U.S. Green Building Council LEED Silver standards, or equivalent; and providing
access to public transit for faculty, students and staff. Also, Penn will link climate neutrality and
sustainability as part of its curriculum and student life activities, while also reporting on progress
being made.

In 2003, Penn became the largest nongovernmental purchaser of wind power in the nation and
today purchases 30 percent of its energy from wind energy. The University funded its historic
wind power purc hases through aggressive energy conservation, reducing peak electric demand
by 18 percent. Penn’s commitment to purchasing wind energy made possible the construction of
a new 12-turbine, 20-MW Pennsylvania wind farm.

“Penn has always been a leader in its commitment to applying academic and administrative
resources to meet challenges in environmental sustainability,” said Anthony Cortese, president of
Second Nature, a research institute dedicated to education and environmental sustainability and
co-creator of the Presidents Climate Commitment. “We are thrilled to welcome President
Gutmann as the first of her Ivy League peers to join this effort.”

The Presidents Climate Commitment is being coordinated and supported by the Association for
the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Second Nature and ecoAmerica, working
closely with the Leadership Circle of presidents and chancellors.

2006

PHILADELPHIA — The latest facility on the University of Pennsylvania campus is not just an
advanced laboratory space for the growing field of bioengineering, it is a work of art. At a
ceremony today on Penn's campus, officials dedicate Skirkanich Hall, the new home to the
Department of Bioengineering and the soaring new entrance to the School of Engineering and
Applied Science.

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects designed the building, which was named after Penn alumnus
J. Peter Skirkanich and his wife, Geri, who donated $10 million toward the facility’s construction.
“Penn continues to be a leader in bioengineering, both in programs and in facilities,” said
Eduardo Glandt, dean of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. “Top faculty and top
students deserve a world-class building.”

Skirkanich Hall will house research laboratories to support bioengineering, a discipline in which
experimental and theoretical engineering principles are applied to the understanding of biology
and the practice of medicine. The building also features instructional laboratories to provide
discovery-based learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. These spaces
and the Bioengineering Departmental Suite on the third floor are arranged around a sculptural,
redundant flight of stairs that provides an easy connection to the research floors. The building is
an intricate composition of spaces that unites the surrounding buildings of the engineering school
in bold contemporary style.

The husband and wife architect team of Tod Williams and Billie Tsien are known for their
attention to materials and details, as exemplified in such works as the Neurosciences Institute in
La Jolla, Calif., and the American Folk Art Museum in New York.

Skirkanich Hall’s facades consist of brick, cantilevered shingled-glass panes and zinc paneling.
Their individual colors follow a distribution centered along a mossy green but with an overall
spectrum that ranges from acid yellow to black. Canadian black granite lines the entrance,
walkway and the public spaces in the lower floors. The faceted texture of the surfaces has been
achieved by a flame treatment of the stone to reveal the glimmer of mica and the opaqueness of
feldspar. Steel signage is embedded into water-jet-carved cavities within the granite. Polished
granite benches are placed throughout the lower levels and the courtyard.

The structural concrete monolith emerging from the ground can be seen only from inside the
building. All vertical concrete surfaces have been bush-hammered inch by inch to reveal the
materials blue aggregate and give the concrete the feel of a hand-carved stone, and all concrete
floors have been ground to a terrazzo texture, within which the polished blue aggregates simulate
gems. Traditional ceiling construction gives way to delicately sandblasted concrete ceilings at the
perimeters of the building, flooding the spaces with light.

The overall design leads to a creation that the Philadelphia Inquirers architecture critic, Inga
Saffron, called Philadelphia’s best new building in years.

September 28, 2006Anne Papageorge Named Facilities and Real Estate Services Vice President at University of PennsylvaniaRead more | Close | Download pdf

PHILADELPHIA — Anne Papageorge, a licensed landscape architect, has been named vice
president for the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services at the University of Pennsylvania,
effective Oct. 16.

Papageorge will be responsible for managing the operations and maintenance of the University’s
buildings and grounds, as well as the planning and project management of new construction and
renovations of existing properties.

“Anne is a proven leader who possesses the energy and passion for the complexity of the
facilities and real estate issues an urban university such as Penn will face,” Penn Executive Vice
President Craig Carnaroli said. “She has a demonstrated track record in managing a large
complex organization.”

Papageorge has been senior vice president and memorial design director for the Lower
Manhattan Development Corp., managing the planning, design and construction of the nearly $1
billion project encompassing the World Trade Center Memorial, memorial museum and related
facilities.

Prior to joining the LMDC in 2004, she worked in design and construction for the City of New
York, where she served as first deputy commissioner of the Department of Design and
Construction, managing a staff of 1,200 and overseeing 750 projects valued at $4.4 billion.

Papageorge holds a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from the State University of New
York College of Environmental Science and Forestry School of Landscape Architecture, where
she currently serves on the Faculty of Landscape Architecture Advisory Council, and an M.B.A.
from the City University of New York Baruch College.

July 27, 2006University of Pennsylvania Unveils 30-Year Campus Development Plan for Former Postal LandsRead more | Close | Download pdf

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania has announced the completion of its Penn
Connects campus development plan, a 30-year vision directing the physical growth of Penn’s
campus, including strategic recommendations for expanding eastward towards the Schuylkill
River and Philadelphia’s Center City.

This expansion will follow Penn’s anticipated acquisition in early 2007 of the U.S. Postal Service’s
Philadelphia facility, a 24-acre parcel of land on the western edge of the Schuylkill River. The site
includes the main post office building at 30th and Market streets and, to the south, its Annex
building, a parking garage at 31st and Chestnut streets and 14-acre surface parking lot south of
Walnut Street.

“The acquisition of the postal properties by the University will provide an unprecedented
opportunity to transform the Penn campus, establish a major physical presence on the Schuylkill
River and connect Center City and University City in powerful ways,” said Penn President Amy
Gutmann. “As a result we have completed a plan illustrating how our campus is poised to
leverage this historic moment and grow over the next three decades. Our plan is guiding our
land-use strategy for short-term programmatic needs as well as long-term strategic moves that
will shape Penn for the 21st century.”

The planning study, completed by Sasaki&& Associates of Watertown Mass., articulates a longterm
vision for development that fosters connectivity within the campus and in the broader
communities of West Philadelphia, Center City and the region.

Starting in June 2005, Sasaki undertook extensive site analysis of the entire campus, with
emphasis on the new land to the east, and conceived several planning and design opportunities.
The focus is on the 14 acres of surface parking lots between Walnut and South streets, the
Schuylkill Expressway and the campus. Recommendations call for converting this industrial use
into a mix of academic and research buildings, athletics fields and parks, retail shops, office
towers and arts and cultural spaces, including:

Improving gateways between the campus, Center City and surrounding West Philadelphia,
specifically at Walnut and South streets.

Extending Locust Walk eastward into what will be new open fields.

Converting surface parking lots into new sports and recreation facilities and open parks.

Creating new plazas east of Franklin Field and providing new public gathering spaces that link
the postal lands to the campus.

Improving physical connectivity that links the campus with the transit hub at 30th Street station
and Market Street.

Accommodating future development in academics and research and future expansion potential
between the medical campus and the river.

In addition, infill development opportunities have been identified in the core of campus to support
student life and research, including:

A 400-bed residence hall planned in a quadrangle type setting with open space plan and
walkway at Chestnut Street between 33rd and 34th streets.

A nanotechnology research center for the School of Engineering and Applied Science at 32nd
and Walnut streets, which is currently a surface parking lot.

“In adding new contiguous landholding to our campus, we are in a unique position to grow over
time as opportunities arise to meet our mission of teaching and research,” Gutmann said. “And as we grow we will make West Philadelphia an even more attractive place to live, work and raise
families, while expanding job opportunities and economic inclusion.”

June 16, 2006University of Pennsylvania Announces $75 Million Mixed-Use Development in University CityRead more | Close | Download pdf

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania and University Partners, a FirstWorthing
company, have signed an agreement to develop a $75 million multi-family, mixed-use building on
the 3900 block of Walnut Street in University City. Penn currently operates a single story retail
development at that location and plans to relocate existing tenants throughout the summer to
accommodate the new development.

University Partners is leasing the land from Penn for 65 years to build a proposed mid-rise
building with 150-plus units and, on the first floor, approximately 40,000 square feet of
commercial and retail space.

“University City continues to attract new development, new businesses and new residents to one
of Philadelphia’s most vibrant neighborhoods,” Penn President Amy Gutmann said. “This project
is indicative of Penn’s commitment to engage locally in building communities and investing in job
creation and economic development. We are pleased to be partnering with FirstWorthing to bring
new housing and retail amenities to our campus and community.”

“Creating this community in partnership with Penn is an exciting venture for University Partners,”
Jim Potts, president and CEO of University Partners, said. “Our commitment to creating quality
places to live and learn nicely complements the values and goals of Penn in redeveloping the
University City area.”

The site preparation and groundbreaking will be in early 2007. The project will take 18-24 months
to complete.

PHILADELPHIA — David Hollenberg, associate regional director of design, construction and
facility management for the National Park Service’s Northeast Region, has been appointed
university architect at the University of Pennsylvania, according to an announcement by Penn
Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli.

Hollenberg will be responsible for near-term design and planning issues as well as the
implementation of the Campus Development Plan, a vision of how the University can meet its
long-term needs while supporting the development of a strong, diverse community as its
neighbor.

“With a wealth of experience in managing major building projects and his enthusiasm for
historical preservation, David Hollenberg is the ideal architect for Penn,” Carnaroli said. “The
University seeks to retain the historic character of our older buildings while bringing them into the
21st century and to build new facilities that blend into our mature campus. David’s vision and
expertise will be invaluable to us as we move forward with this challenging and critical goal.”

Hollenberg has been at NPS since 1992. In his current post, he has been responsible for major
programs and services related to the structures and facilities in some of the most well known
historic sites and battlefields in the 13-state region. Projects ranged in size from $10,000 to $15
million.

He previously served as associate regional director of the National Heritage Partnership for the
NPS Northeast Region, where he was involved in strategic planning, policy and program
coordination for public/private partnership projects, including facilities at Independence National
Historical Park and Gettysburg National Military Park. He also was formerly chief of the NPS
National Register Programs Division in the Mid-Atlantic Region, responsible for cultural resource
and historic preservation programs.

Hollenberg earned a master’s degree in architecture at Penn and has lectured in the Penn School
of Design’s graduate program in historic preservation since 1987. He holds a bachelor’s degree
in art history, magna cum laude, from Columbia University.

Prior to joining the NPS, he spent 17 years with the firm John Milner Associates Inc. of West
Chester, Pa., and Philadelphia, where he was responsible for the historic preservation
components of such rehabilitation projects as Lit Brothers Department Store and the Wanamaker
Building.

Hollenberg has been active in numerous professional and civic associations in the greater
Philadelphia region, including nine years of service on the Philadelphia Historical Commission,
where he chaired the Architectural Review Committee for seven years. He is currently a member
of the boards of both the Eastern State Penitentiary and the Philadelphia Chapter of the Society
of Architectural Historians, where he serves as vice president.

He is a 16-year member of the Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia and
served 10 years on the advisory board of the Historic Religious Properties Program of the
Philadelphia Historic Preservation Corp.

In 2002, he was honored with a Superior Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior.

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania, including its Health System, contributes $9.6
billion annually to the state economy through its salaries, purchases, research, construction
projects, taxes and indirect and induced expenditures, according to an independent economic
and fiscal impact report issued this week by Econsult Corp. of Philadelphia.

This figure, which translates roughly to $25 million daily, underscores that Penn is not only a
premier international institution of higher education but is a powerful economic engine as well.
“In addition to the salaries and benefits paid to our employees and day-to-day operational and
capital spending, Penn and private developers have invested $500 million during the past decade
in neighborhood retail and residential construction projects,” said Penn President Amy Gutmann.

“A hallmark of our activity is economic inclusion of West Philadelphia businesses. Our
expenditures also are responsible for generating more than 100,000 jobs statewide in addition to
our workforce of 24,750.”

“Dollars spent here continue to circulate throughout the community, inducing even more hiring
and business investment,” Dr. Gutmann said.

The report indicates that $6.5 billion worth of the City of Philadelphia’s economic activity can be
attributed to the University. Penn contributes more than $372 million in state and local tax
revenue each year.

The 11-county area that includes several adjacent New Jersey and Delaware counties also
benefit from Penn presence in the region.

The nature of a university educating a continuing stream of students and offering sporting and
arts events, museums and symposiums — invites visitors, who also feed economic activity
through hotel stays, dining out and other spending. This economic factor is amplified by the
presence of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, a nationally recognized teaching
hospital that attracts patients, family members and friends who spend money while they’re here.
The report estimates that Penn visitors spend some $14.5 million in the region each year.

As one of the top research institutions in the country, Penn has enjoyed continually escalating
research funding. The report found that Penn received $750 million in sponsored research
awards in 2005, compared to 10 years ago when research funding stood at $327 million. This
represents an annual growth rate of nearly 9 percent and last year resulted in more than $700
million in research and development expenditures.

Econsult Corporation used standard industry multipliers to show the ripple effect of Penn’s direct
dollars spent to create what the report calls indirect and induced expenditures. The report notes
that for every $4 the University spends another $2.50 is generated in the city and $5.60 in the
state in indirect or induced expenditures.

The report also concludes that:

Penn economic impact makes up nearly 2 percent of the Pennsylvania
economy each year and 3 percent of the annual Philadelphia
economy, putting its impact on par with the Philadelphia International
Airport at $14.4 billion and the region tourism and hospitality industry
at $11.2 billion.

Penn contributes over $372 million in state and local tax revenue
each year.

Penn capital investments, on average, total nearly $314 million per
year.

Penn facilitated the launch of 56 new companies in 2000-2005.

With more than 70,000 alumni residing in Pennsylvania, the University
is estimated to have contributed nearly $485 million to the
statewide economy through the increased productivity of Penn degrees.

April 04, 2006University of Pennsylvania, Largest University Buyer Of Wind Energy in the Nation, Triples Its PurchaseRead more | Close | Download pdf

PHILADELPHIA — Under a new agreement, the University of Pennsylvania will now purchase
nearly 30 percent of its energy needs from wind-generated power, nearly tripling its wind-energy
purchase.

Following a previous wind-energy purchase of 40,000 megawatt-hours annually from
Pennsylvania wind farms, Penn’s new agreement to purchase 112,000 MWh each year for the
next five years from wind farms across the country represents the largest retail purchase of green
power in the nation by an institution of higher education.

“Research has shown that wind-powered energy is a safe, non-polluting alternative to electricity
produced by fossil fuels,” Penn President Amy Gutmann said. “We at Penn are pleased to be a
national leader in clean energy and in the development of the wind-generated power industry in
the state. Through this environmental stewardship, we can continue to raise the awareness of
our students and the community about alternative fuel options.”

The 112,000 MWh — about a third of the 412,000 MWh the University uses annually — is enough
to power nearly 10,500 average American homes for a year.

Penn has been a leading organization in purchasing wind energy, according to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. Penn has also been on EPA’s Top 25 list of national green
power purchasers since the list was begun. Penn's new commitment will move the University up
to No. 8 nationally.

“EPA applauds the University of Pennsylvania for its role as a green power leader, not only
amongst its peers in the Ivy League, but for higher education institutions across the nation,”
Blaine Collison, program director for EPA Green Power Partnership, said. “Penn’s purchase
supports America domestic supply of clean, renewable energy.”

This new agreement is part of an on-going campaign at Penn to become greener and to show its
commitment to a sustainable environment. The Penn student group Green Campus Partnership
has been engaged in this effort that includes recycling audits and lobbying for more efficient
energy usage.

“There has been a lot of talk recently about universities’ responsibilities not only to instruct their
students about environmental stewardship but to practice such stewardship,” Robert Giegengack,
professor of earth and environmental science at Penn, said. “This has translated into student
campaigns to increase recycling or to establish bike paths, but relatively little attention has been
paid to a university’s biggest impact on the environment: its energy appetite.”

Penn’s previous significant wind energy purchases, supplied by Exelon-Community Energy Wind
Farms in Pennsylvania, catalyzed the industry in the state, spurring the development of additional
renewable generation facilities. Because purchases of green power support the development of
new renewable generation facilities, Penn’s latest commitment is expected to have the same
effect nationally.

“Penn continues to lead the way at a time when our energy and climate future demands strong
leaders,” Brent Alderfer, president of Community Energy Inc. of Wayne, Pa., said. “Penn’s
decision to step up to a top-10 national-level wind purchase sets a new benchmark in higher
education.”

2005

November 11, 2005Renowned Architect David Chipperfield Selected to Create New Master Plan for Penn MuseumRead more | Close | Download pdf

PHILADELPHIA — The renowned British architect David Chipperfield has been selected to
develop a comprehensive new master plan to take the University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of
Anthropology and Archaeology, its complex historical building and its international research,
collections and educational outreach into the 21st century.

Chipperfield was selected following an international search by a committee of representatives of
Penn Museum’s Board of Overseers and staff, Penn’s School of Design and Division of Facilities
and Real Estate Services.

“The Penn Museum is one of the great treasures of the University, the city of Philadelphia, the
region and the world,” said Amy Gutmann, Penn president. “More than a century since its grand
building first opened in 1899, now is an appropriate and exciting time to re-envision the Museum —— and to do so with an architect of such international stature.”

“Museology, anthropological research and collections management practices have all changed
radically since the Museum’s first, grand-scale master plan of the 1890s,” said Richard M.
Leventhal, Williams Director of Penn Museum. “In the last decade, we’ve made enormous
progress responding to long-term collections care needs and taking the first steps toward
eventual Museum-wide air conditioning. The time is right for a building master plan that lets us
take advantage of our internationally renowned research, world-class collections and firm
commitment to education in new, synergistic ways. David Chipperfield’s experience, philosophy
and comprehensive planning approach can help us move forward."

London- and Berlin-based David Chipperfield Architects has won some of Europe’s most
prestigious commissions, including the master plan for Museum Island and the restoration of the
Neues Museum in Berlin. His U.S. projects include the recently announced expansion of the
Saint Louis Art Museum; the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa; and the Anchorage Museum
of History and Art. This will be the first Philadelphia-area project for the architect.

The master planning that Chipperfield enters into with Penn and the Museum will be an intensive,
year-long process that re-considers museum space in light of current and future objectives. The
final plan, which will include strategies for implementation, will provide a holistic vision for the
Museum, a blending of new and old building elements to accommodate state-of-the-art
exhibitions and research work and inspiration for scholars, students and the general public.

Chipperfield Architects will be partnering locally with Atkin Olshin Lawson-Bell Architects
(architects of the Museum’s Mainwaring Wing for collections study and storage, completed in
2002) and landscape architects Olin Partnership (architects of the Trescher Main Entrance
garden and master planners for the University of Pennsylvania). Keast & Hood Structural
Engineers and Marvin Waxman Engineers (both of whom have experience working in Penn
Museum) and cost consultant Davis Langdon round out the team.

From 1994 to 2004, under the leadership of Jeremy Sabloff, the previous Williams Director of the
Museum, Penn Museum responded to pressing concerns about long-term collections
management by building the $17 million Mainwaring Wing for collections storage and study,
which opened in 2002. In May 2005, the Museum completed the first phase of Project FARE —
Future Air Conditioning, Renovation and Expansion; 20,000 additional square feet of museum
space with adequate room for an eventual air-conditioning system — was constructed under the
Upper Courtyard garden, which was refurbished and reopened. In the summer of 2005, Atkin
Olshin Lawson-Bell Architects completed a Historic Structures Report made possible by the
Heritage Philadelphia Program and funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Founded in 1887, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has
a world-class collection of artifacts, many obtained through its own excavation work, from around
the globe. An active research institution, the Museum has led more than 400 archaeological and
anthropological expeditions to every inhabited continent. Educational programming has been an
integral aspect of the Museum since its inception. The Museum engages in educational outreach
through in-house and traveling exhibitions, publications, an active school program, outreach
lectures and a wide variety of programs geared to children, families and adults.

Philadelphia — The University of Pennsylvania and Hanover RS Limited partnership of Texas will
develop a $100 million mixed-use building of luxury apartments, retail shops and a parking
garage at the northwest corner of 34th and Chestnut streets in University City. The University
currently operates a surface parking lot at that location and will lease the land to Hanover for 65
years.

The $100 million project will be seven or eight stories and include 295 luxury apartments with
approximately 325,000 gross square feet, a five-story parking structure with approximately 320
parking spaces and, on the first floor, approximately 26,000 square feet of commericial and retail
space.

“University City continues to attract new development, new businesses and new residents to one
of Philadelphia’s most vibrant neighborhoods,” said Omar H. Blaik, senior vice president of
facilities and real estate services at Penn.

“This project is part of our East Campus strategy and is indicative of Penn’s commitment to
engage locally in building communities and investing in job creation and economic development.”
The groundbreaking will be in September. Completion of the project is expected by late 2007.

2004

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania announced today that it has finalized
arrangements for the acquisition of the U.S. Postal Service Philadelphia 30th Street facility, a 24-
acre parcel of land in the University City section of Philadelphia. The agreements signed on
March 26 by representatives of Penn and the Postal Service cover a site west of the Schuylkill
River and east of the Penn campus between Market and South streets. The University will be
acquiring all of the Postal Service holdings in the area, including the main post office building at
30th and Market streets and, to the south, its Annex building, a parking garage at 31st and
Chestnut streets and 14-acre surface parking lot south of Walnut Street. These additional 24
acres expand Penn campus to the east, creating new development opportunities, as well as
physically connecting the campus to the Schuylkill River and Amtrak 30th Street Station.

The acquisition is a key component of the University 25-year Campus Plan, a long-term strategy
for controlled, consistent development of the Penn campus, and a key part of the strategy for
development by the Schuylkill River Development Corporation. Planning for the site is being
coordinated with the master plans of the city and the SRDC for improvements and development
on the east and west sides of the river.

“Our purchase of the postal lands is a significant milestone for both Penn and Philadelphia,” Penn
President Judith Rodin said. It will ultimately have the effect of connecting University City and
Center City and has the potential to create a new research and technology zone, residential and
recreational areas and a variety of other activities. It will create jobs, improve the quality of life
and transform the western side of the riverfront, she said. In order to achieve this ambitious goal,
we have joined an unprecedented development partnership involving the University of
Pennsylvania, Drexel University, the Delaware River Port Authority, the U.S. Postal Service, the
University City District, Amtrak, the Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Philadelphia and the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, among others. This project is one of the most promising
economic development initiatives for the Philadelphia region in decades."

“The Postal Service is delighted that we were able to complete this agreement with the University
of Pennsylvania,” said S. David Fineman, chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors.

“With this sale and completion of our new plant in Southwest Philadelphia, we look forward to our
continued partnership with Penn, The city of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in the economic development of the region.”

Mayor John F. Street views the purchase as a key component of the city plans for the
redevelopment of Philadelphia riverfront areas.

“The City of Philadelphia looks forward to working with the University of Pennsylvania as it
embarks on this exciting redevelopment of one of the City’s waterfront landmarks, Street said.

The substantial investment by Penn in the existing main post office building and the 14 acres of
undeveloped riverfront is just one indication of the positive impact we can have by focusing our
efforts on the underutilized waterfront. This project is exactly what I had envisioned when I spoke
about the need to turn our attention to the opportunities that await us along the Schuylkill River,
along the Northern Delaware River and within the Navy Yard.”

Under the agreement, Penn will take ownership of the site in 2007. While the Postal Service will
continue to occupy parts of the main post office building as a tenant, the remaining properties and
much of the main building will be available for redevelopment. Rodin explained that planning for
the development of the site continues to be a joint effort among several organizations.

In the past year we have spent a considerable amount of time working with all of the major
players in the Schuylkill Gateway area to form a common vision that serves Penn, the
surrounding institutions and the city at large,Rodin said. Now that the agreement is finalized, we
will step up this planning effort to solidify future development plans for the site